Peñaflor Presents at the AL4 Conference
Green practices and
sustainability in libraries was the underlying theme of the recently concluded
two-day conference entitled "Academic
Librarian 4 - Sustainable Academic Libraries: Now and Beyond,” held on 2-3 June
2016 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water
Bay, Hong Kong. Designed as a green conference, it
focused on four major themes – sustainable environment, sustainable resources,
sustainable technologies and sustainable services. Ms. Janice Peñaflor,
Collection Development Librarian, was one of the speakers under the theme Sustainable
Technologies with her presentation that tackles social media engagement
entitled “Beyond ‘Likes’: an assessment of user
engagement in Facebook among Philippine academic libraries.”
The
Academic Librarian Conference series was conceived and initiated by the Chinese
University of Hong Kong (AL1 and AL3) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
(AL2). This year, the AL4 was jointly hosted by the two universities and was held
as part of HKUST’s 25th anniversary. Over 300 professionals from all
over the globe had come over to participate in this event at attend several plenary and
parallel sessions.
Keynote speakers include Madeleine Charney, Research & Liaison Services
Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst/Coordinator, SustainRT:
Libraries Fostering Resilient Communities of the American Library Association (Theme
1. Sustainable Environment); Helen Hockx Yu, Director, Global Web Services,
Internet Archive (Theme 2: Sustainable Resources); John Helmer, Executive
Director, Orbis Cascade Alliance (In Theme 3: Sustainable Technologies) and
lastly, Andy Priestner, Director, Andy Priestner Training & Consulting (Theme
4: Sustainable Services).
